#Emilymatters – Get involved this International Women’s Day

 

The 8th March is International Women’s Day, #IWD2014. What better time to celebrate the achievements made as well as to inspire new activism to push for greater equality?

Events all over the world will be taking place. As the Emily Davison Statue in Parliament campaign embarks on an exciting new stage, we’d love you to get interactive with #Emilymatters over the weekend.

 

“Emily Wilding Davison was a great campaigning feminist. Her struggle continues and she remains an icon for women even over a century after her death.”
Emily Thornberry MP, founder of the
Emily Davison Statue in Parliament Campaign

 

 

Emily Thornberry MP on why the Emily Davison Statue in Parliament Campaign matters:
“Politics is about individual people, as much as collective action.”

 

After the success of the historic House of Commons event last month and with International Women’s Day just around the corner, let’s continue to show the importance of Emily Davison’s legacy, her statue and all matters relating to gender equality.

You can show your support for the statue campaign and the more equal and the fairer society that Emily Davison and her sister suffragettes tirelessly campaigned for:

 

Send us your photos from the UK & around the world!

 

On Thursday 13^th February 2014, an historic event took place in the House of Commons when ‘To Freedom’s Cause‘, Kate Willoughby’s play about suffragette Emily Davison was performed to a packed audience as part of a special event in support of Emily Thornberry MP‘s Emily Davison Statue in Parliament Campaign, in the Jubilee Room.

 

 

‘To Freedom’s Cause’ by Kate Willoughby – historic performance in the House of Commons.
Cast: Kyra Williams, Fiona Geddes, Kate Willoughby, Eleanor Dennison, Darren Godbold.

 

Kate Willoughby and the @2FCPlay team continue to support Emily Thornberry’s important campaign.

 

 

 

Send us your #Emilymatters photos via twitter / instagram / facebook

As with the special House of Commons event, we’ll be putting together a storify for the International Women’s Day & WOW Festival weekend.

 

Here’s how you can get involved:

– Take a photo/selfie holding a sheet with #Emilymatters near a local landmark

– Tell us where you’ve taken the photo

– Post to twitter | instagram | facebook  including #Emilymatters in the tweet

– Optional – Why does Emily Davison matter to you?

– You may also want to include #IWD2014 in the tweet /post too for International Women’s Day

 

 

Emily Davison is one of our most important feminist icons. Her legacy continues through current campaigns such as No More Page 3 and the Everyday Sexism Project.

There are some exciting new developments with the petition, so we’ll keep you posted about where to sign. Updates very soon.

 

If you’re going to the WOW Festival at London’s Southbank Centre Friday (pm), Saturday or Sunday you can also have your say about why #Emilymatters to you.

Kate will be tweeting live via @2FCPlay so please do come and say hello and tell us why #Emilymatters to you. We’ll be posting the vox pops online shortly afterwards.

Hope to see you there!  

 

 

 “I see my activism not as a wave, but as a continuation of women’s struggles throughout history. Emily is important because she continues to inspire #EmilyMatters to share Emily Davison’s relevance today.” 
Yas Necati, feminist campaigner & panelist at the #Emilymatters event in the House of Commons, 14 February 2014

 

 

 

Emily Davison’s legacy is for life, not just for 2013.